Parks, people, and power: the social effects of protecting the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in eastern Nigeria

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Theses / Dissertations
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Thesis discipline
Anthropology
Degree name
Master of Arts
Publisher
University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology
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Date
2007
Authors
Macdonald, Fraser Ross
Abstract

The thesis outlines the impacts produced on local indigenous people by the protection of the Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. After locating my work in various fields of literature and providing detailed background information on the area in which I conducted my fieldwork and the people who inhabit that area, I proceed onto the core of my thesis, which is two-fold. Firstly, I outline the impacts produced on the local people who inhabit the settlements surrounding the reserve. I elucidate the social, cultural, psychological, economic, and residential impacts of protecting the reserve. Second, I show how local people have adapted to these profound impacts. I show that they have negotiated the effects in various ways, including migration, livelihood diversification and shifting economic dependencies.

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Biodiversity conservation, power
Ngā upoko tukutuku/Māori subject headings
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Copyright Fraser Ross Macdonald